Louisville Public Media

3 days ago | lpm.org | Brandon Smith

An Indiana judge said the state's decision to end the rental assistance program before federal funding ran out was made without any reasonable basis. Indiana received federal funding for a rental assistance program in 2021, as part of a COVID-19 relief package. The money for that program expires at the end of September 2025. There is still nearly $30 million available for that program.

4 days ago | lpm.org | Laura Shine

It's Pride Month in Louisville, Kentucky and WFPK is celebrating with music by LGBTQ+ artists and fun interviews throughout June. I spoke with Richie Goff who is the marketing director for Louisville Food Tours who do all kinds of food and beverage tours. This month for Pride, they are offering what's called Pride Plates: Kentucky's Queer History Food Tour. The food portion is bites that are unique to Kentucky with stops for Fried Chicken, Hot Browns, and special bourbon cocktails.

5 days ago | lpm.org | Marielle Segarra |Sam Kesler |Malaka Gharib

What's the weirdest thing you've ever found in your pocket? What topic could you give a 20-minute talk on with no preparation? What's a path you almost took but didn't? If you find yourself immediately wanting to reply to these queries, there's a reason, says Priya Parker, a conflict resolution facilitator. They were designed to spark curiosity and elicit a response.

5 days ago | lpm.org | Rebecca Thiele

According to the American Clean Power Association, Indiana made big waves in clean energy during the first quarter of this year. Indiana added the third most solar of any state and quadrupled its battery storage. Most of Indiana's new battery storage comes from AES Indiana's new 200 megawatt facility at its Petersburg Generating Station in Pike County. These stand-alone batteries allow utilities to buy energy off the grid when it's cheap and store it for their customers or sell it back to the grid.

1 week ago | lpm.org | Aprile Rickert

New Albany has two weeks to comply with outstanding written discovery requests in a court case involving a low-head dam. Floyd Superior Court 3 Judge Maria Granger also gave the city until the end of June to make Mayor Jeff Gahan available for deposition. Granger denied a motion this week for default judgement filed on behalf of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.